All Pensions articles – Page 15
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NewsHutton proposes pension overhaul
Former Labour cabinet minister Lord Hutton has suggested that those who work for the NHS, teachers and police should receive pensions based on their average salary throughout their career, rather than ones based on their pay immediately before they retire.
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NewsUnions issue strike warning over pension reform
The government has been warned that implementing radical changes to public sector pensions could “light the blue touch paper” for strikes by millions of workers.
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NewsCompetition panel to rule on pathology deal
A foundation trust’s £300m deal with another trust and a private company to outsource pathology services has been challenged under procurement rules.
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NewsGPs demand hike in pay
GPs in Scotland deserve a pay increase of more than 20 per cent to bring them parity with the UK, according to doctors in north east Scotland.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe legal issues facing the transition to consortia commissioning
The transition towards GP led consortia and commissioning will require firm and clear guidance on legal and policy issues. Fiona Boyse, associate at Mills & Reeve LLP, offers a legal insight into the changes facing commissioning.
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NewsMonitor chair warns against 'inappropriate influence' on pensions
Newly appointed Monitor chair David Bennett has warned politicians against imposing “inappropriate influence” in debates over whether NHS pensions are blocking competition.
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HSJ KnowledgeBeing prepared: practical and legal advice in managing industrial action
As cost saving measures begin to tell on staff numbers and terms and conditions, the partnership working model between employers and the principal unions in the NHS looks set for testing times, write Beachcroft LLP partners Neil Bhan and Guy Bredenkamp.
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HSJ Local
NHS Sandwell transferring dental provision
STRUCTURE: NHS Sandwell is transferring the provision of salaried dental services to Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust.
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NewsIoD calls for employment law overhaul
Collective pay bargaining in the NHS should go as part of an employment and planning law overhaul designed to kickstart the economy, business leaders have told the government.
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CommentMedia Watch: Cameron and Lansley spring into action
The week kicked off with the health secretary and prime minister both going into action to defend the Health and Social Care Bill, ahead of its second reading in parliament on Monday.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the prospective pinch on pensions
The government is doing all it can to reduce the value - or, in Treasury-speak, the “burden” - of public sector pensions.
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NewsMonitor may pay private providers more
Private providers could be paid 14 per cent more than NHS competitors to encourage a fairer playing field, under changes in the Health Bill.
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NewsBill could lead to 'dilution' of pensions benefits
Monitor could push for the value of NHS pensions to be reduced under the terms of the Health Bill.
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NewsPrivate sector permitted to employ 'two tier' workforce
Private sector companies have been given a fresh incentive to bid for NHS contracts after the government scrapped a rule requiring them to pay new recruits the same as existing staff.
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NewsEmployers rail at clinical excellence award scheme
Consultant bonuses awarded by trusts reward doctors who “fill in forms” rather than those who work “at the coal face” and should be scrapped or reformed, NHS Employers has argued.
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Call to link executive pay to staff levels
A review of fair pay in the public sector has suggested top executives should no longer be paid more than 20 times the wages of other staff.
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NewsDH backs plan to award 5.3 per cent pay rises
The Department of Health has written a detailed analysis in support of plans to award lower paid staff pay rises of up to 5.3 per cent, amid growing concern that the NHS paybill is unsustainable.
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NewsCumbria chief loses £1m pension appeal
A primary care trust chief executive dismissed one month before qualifying for an enhanced pension package worth up to £1m has lost a discrimination case.
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NewsWomen 'expect to retire later'
Women are twice as likely as men to believe they will stay in employment once they reach the state pension age, a report has claimed.
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NewsEx PCT chief exec loses £1m pension in tribunal case
A primary care trust chief executive who was dismissed one month before he was due to qualify for a an enhanced pension package worth up to £1m has lost a discrimination case.